The World's Best Food Cities: Paris

F&W tapped local experts in five of the world's great food cities—Tokyo, Sydney, New York, Barcelona and Paris—to find the essential restaurants, old and new, that sum up the spirit of each metropolis.—Jane Sigal

2005 Chef Yves Camdeborde is a key player in the bistronomie movement, a generation of classically trained chefs who took their high-end style of food to zero-pretense bistros. Though it’s eight years old, Camdeborde’s Le Comptoir is still one of the city’s hardest reservations. It’s easy to understand why: On weeknights, he serves a five-course menu for just 60 euros. hotel-paris-relais-saint-germain.com